Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Shale oil production generates greenhouse gas emissions at levels similar to conventional crude oil production, according to a pair of new studies released by the US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory. These are shale formations with low permeability and must be hydraulically fractured to produce oil and gas.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2015

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) will conduct a public meeting on 22 October to hear an update from ARB staff on the feasibility of measurement of LEV III particulate matter (PM) standards. PM emissions from light- and medium-duty vehicles are regulated by California’s Low-Emission Vehicle (LEV) regulations. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2014

Siemens will conduct trials of its eHighway system ( earlier post ) in California on a two-mile (3.2 As part of the installation of the eHighway systems, two lanes of Alameda Street in the city of Carson, California, are being electrified via a catenary system. Copyright: Scania. Click to enlarge. The 30-kilometer (18.6-mile)

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2022

The life-cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of the two pathways were 11.2 Cost breakdown of the minimum fuel selling price for MCCI fuel produced from (a) yellow grease and (b) swine manure HTL, in comparison to the diesel price of $0.79/GLE. Among their findings: The estimated minimum fuel selling prices were $1.22/gasoline

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

North Dakota-based Red Trail Energy (RTE), which since 2007 has operated an ethanol production facility with annual production of about 60 million gallons per year, is proposing sequestration of CO 2 produced from starch fermentation to lower the overall carbon intensity of the fuel for the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2020

EVs cost an average of $9,406 per year (including the purchase price) to run compared to $7,952 annually for gas vehicles (including the purchase price). per mile to fuel an electric vehicle; by comparison, the national average cost to fuel a gas vehicle is double at $0.06

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

With the next-generation fuel cell system being co-developed with General Motors (GM), Honda will aim to more than double the durability and reduce the cost to one-third, in comparison to the fuel cell system installed in the 2019 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell. in California.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

We are beginning to get a sense of regional variation in methane emissions from natural gas production. The gas fields we studied for this paper produced about 20% of the natural gas in the United States, and more than half the shale gas, so this moves us closer to understanding methane leaks from US natural gas production.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2023

Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, are proposing burying salted biomass in a dry environment within an engineered biolandfill as a solution to sequester carbon that has been photosynthetically fixed by cultivated plants. The biomass crops would be ready for harvest and sequestration within a growing season.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2011

g CO 2 e/MJ highlighted in red for comparison. Data: California ARB. The California Air Resources Board (ARB) staff has updated carbon intensities (CIs) and other information about registered biorefineries, and posted the information at the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) biorefinery-registration webpage. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2015

A study by Carnegie Mellon University researchers comparing life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from different natural gas pathways for medium and heavy-duty vehicles (MHDVs) found that the GHG reduction potentials of the pathways vary sharply between non-Class 8 MHDVs (e.g., Study system boundary of natural gas pathways.

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EV Adoption

MAY 15, 2022

None of us were certain whether “charging station” referred to the site or location as in the analogous gas station? For one, clarity and consistency is critical for sharing statistics and making comparisons. million (12 times 145,000) estimated gas pumps. Charging Station Versus Gas Station: Comparing Apples to Oranges.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 2, 2023

However, a number of gas-powered hybrids actually do. In comparison, the Tesla Model Y Dual Motor AWD has 330 miles of all-electric range and 122 MPGe, while the Ford Mustang Mach-E California Route 1 with Extended Range battery has 312 miles of all-electric range and 98 MPGe, as per the EPA. . Credit: US Department of Energy.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2022

The internally funded advancement successfully reduced heavy-duty diesel engine nitrogen oxide (NO x ) emissions to meet the California Air Resources Board (CARB) 2027 standards. CAT-DEF—Catalyzed Diesel Exhaust Fluid—is an SwRI-developed catalyst- and surfactant-modified diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) solution. DEF—a 32.5

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Teslarati

JUNE 29, 2022

. “I ended up contacting about ten agencies from New York to California. Over a year ago, a cost comparison already showed that the department’s Ford Explorer patrol SUV would cost about $4,500 per year to run. That was a time when the city’s gas was at $1.75 Tesla-Kansas City was great.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2020

In comparison, the global average is about 3,800 kilometers. The study was conducted in collaboration with the University of Columbia, the University of California, the Australian National University and the University of Göttningen. There are big differences between different areas and the local foliage.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 24, 2022

New data from Bloomberg states that Tesla’s Fremont Factory in Northern California was the most-productive automotive plant in the U.S., Instead of continuing to develop powertrains powered from gas or petrol, legacy automakers have transitioned to EVs. outpacing 70 other plants in the country. 85 cars per minute.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 16, 2021

In comparison, the base Model 3 RWD starts at $44,990, while the top tier Model 3 Performance starts at $58,990. . This was something highlighted by the police department in Fremont, California, which currently uses a Model S and a Model Y in their fleet.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

The California Air Resources Board has issued Sustainable Oils Inc., As a comparison, ARB’s general pathway for soybean-based biodiesel finds a direct GHG contribution of 21.25 By contrast, ARB has determined that the greenhouse gas emissions from ILUC for the camelina pathway are zero. gCO 2 e/MJ. gCO 2 e/MJ.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Summary of comparison of NO x emissions and fuel consumption of hybrid (D7E) and conventional (D6) dozers. The report was prepared for the California Air Resources Board (ARB) as part of the FY 2010-11 Air Quality Improvement Project Hybrid Off-Road Equipment Pilot Project.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

The study, “Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas and Energy Study of Automotive Lightweighting,” found that AHSS-intensive vehicles had lower or equivalent life cycle emissions than aluminum-intensive vehicles for every class of vehicles tested: sedans, trucks, SUVs and alternative power train vehicles. Source: SRI. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2016

The SDTS took on approximately 18,000 gallons of ReadiDiesel in San Diego, California. The renewable diesel fuel powered the Self Defense Test Ship’s General Electric LM-2500 gas-turbine engine and a Rolls Royce 501 K-17 gas-turbine generator. ReadiDiesel also reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 80% compared to petroleum.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2012

Honda Fit EV Efficiency Comparison. Honda debuted the 2013 Fit EV at the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show and announced plans to begin leasing the battery-electric commuter vehicle to customers in select California and Oregon markets during the summer of 2012, followed by an East Coast rollout in 2013. EPA Combined MPGe. Battery Capacity.

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Teslarati

JUNE 21, 2021

Normally used to transporting entire ships and oil and gas equipment weighing tens of thousands of tons, a SpaceX drone ship – while still huge – is a featherweight load in comparison. SpaceX drone ship heads to the Bahamas for its ride to California.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Scientists at the University of California, Riverside’s Center for Environmental Research and Technology have received a $2-million contract for a first-of-its-kind study of hybrid construction vehicles. The other half will fund testing in six vehicles, which will be scattered throughout California. Click to enlarge.

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Electric Auto Association

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

has been experiencing severe inflation and high gas prices. EV’s may be the answer Electric vehicles (EVs) are becoming increasingly popular as gas prices continue to rise. A “Consumer Reports” study stated that EV owners spent approximately 60 percent less on fuel each year than gas vehicle owners. It's no secret that the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Deployment of electric vehicles is required under the ZEV mandates that exist in California and various other states (requiring electrification in 15% of new light-duty vehicle sales by 2025, which equates to about 4% of new light-duty vehicle sales nationwide). miles per gallon under test conditions for the 2025 model year.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2012

even though the fuel sale in California increased by about a factor of three over the same time period. A comparison with London found that VOC mixing ratios in 2008 are at about the same level in both cities, but in London a much stronger decrease from higher mixing ratios in 1998 has led to the current mixing ratios. Holloway, J.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

But direct measurements in two California regions found black carbon absorption enhancements of just 6%, suggesting that climate models may be overestimating warming by black carbon, the researchers report. Here, direct in situ measurements of BC absorption enhancements (E abs ) and mixing state are reported for two California regions.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2015

The German government is co-funding the three-year project that will test the first cars to run on dimethyl ether (DME) ( earlier post ), commonly used as a non-toxic propellant in aerosol spray gas, and monooxymethylene ether (OME1). Like liquefied petroleum gas, DME must be stored in a slightly pressurized tank.

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EV Connect

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Given that the average lifespan of a car is just 12 years, the proportion of EVs on the road will spike dramatically as new stock replaces gas-powered vehicles phased out of service. older) drivers away from gas. As of May 2023, there were 138,100 charging outlets nationwide, of which just under a third are in California.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Researchers at Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, have developed a highly efficient homogeneous Ru-based catalyst system for the production of methanol (CH 3 OH) from CO 2 and H 2 in an ethereal solvent (initial turnover frequency = 70 h −1 at 145 °C). —G.K.

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Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 6, 2023

Instead of flying from my home in Southern California, I asked if my wife and I could drive to the event. Electrify America’s charging network were the backbone of our trip Cost Comparison We charged 412.23 Driving: Day 1 We departed Dana Point, California, with 280 miles all-electric range (AER) and a 97% state of charge, (SOC.)

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2012

They also found that increasing renewable diesel (Neste Oil’s NExBTL) and gas-to-liquids (GTL) diesel blends showed NO x reductions with rising blend level. In California, biodiesel use accounted for 86% of the alternative fuels consumed by the state fleet in 2010. Credit: ACS, Hajbabaei et al. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

As an exploration of an approach, he focused on the role of natural gas (which had received some high-level attention in the morning plenary sessions at the EIS) as well as reducing oil imports from OPEC nations (which had also received some high-level EIS attention). —Larry Burns. Hypothetically, it would take 5.9

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2012

If greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from indirect land use (iLUC) changes are included in the analysis, the differences increase to between 16% and 118% (33% on average). This study highlighted the environmental impacts of corn ethanol in comparison with gasoline.

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EV Match

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Car and Driver compared the Mini Cooper Electric with the gas-powered Mini and found they cost essentially the same to own over three years, all things considered. Car and Driver ‘s comparison did factor in the $7,500 federal tax credit, but it didn’t consider state, utility, and local credits and incentives. Nissan Ariya.

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